Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
Alan J. Perlis
The question of whether computers can think is just like the question of whether submarines can swim.
Edsger W. Dijkstra
[The common definition of estimate is] "An estimate is the most optimistic prediction that has a non-zero probability of coming true" . . .
Tom DeMarco
Accepting this definition leads irrevocably toward a method called what's-the-earliest- date-by-which-you-can't-prove-you-won't-be- finished estimating.
There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence.
Jeremy S. Anderson
The whole HTML validation exercise is questionable, but validating as XHTML is flat-out masochism. Only recommended for those that enjoy pain. Or programmers. I can't always tell the difference.
Jeff Atwood
The best thing about a boolean is even if you are wrong, you are only off by a bit.
Anonymous
There is nothing quite so permanent as a quick fix.
Anonymous
Pasting code from the Internet into production code is like chewing gum found in the street.
Anonymous
I hate code, and I want as little of it in our product as possible.
Jack Diederich
Now I'm a pretty lazy person and am prepared to work quite hard in order to avoid work.
Martin Fowler